title: Hospitalizations of adults ≥60 years of age with venous thromboembolism.
abstract: We assessed the rates, trends, and factors associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis among hospitalizations of adults ≥60 years of age during the period 2001 to 2010. Data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey were used for this study. During the period 2001 to 2010, the estimated annual number of hospitalizations in which a VTE diagnosis was recorded, among adults ≥ 60 years of age, ranged from approximately 2 70 000 in 2001 to 4 23 000 in 2010. The rate of such hospitalizations per 1 00 000 US population ≥60 years of age ranged from 581 in 2001 to 739 in 2010. During the period 2001 to 2004, there was a significant increasing trend in the rate of hospitalizations with VTE among women ≥60 years of age. The factors positively associated with an increased risk of VTE diagnosis were female sex, summer and autumn seasons (compared with spring), venous catheterization, cancer, and greater length of hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Hussain R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Yusuf
authors.forename: Nimia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Qing C
authors.initials: QC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ekwutosi M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Okoroh
authors.forename: Azfar-E-Alam
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Siddiqi
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: clinical epidemiology; deep venous thrombosis; pulmonary embolism; venous thromboembolism